Short-Course Antibiotic Therapy for Urinary Tract Infections in Children: A Methodological Review of the Literature

American Journal of Diseases of Children

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 57-61

  Moffatt, Michael ^a   Embree, Joanne ^a,b   Grimm, Paul ^a,c   Law, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFADROXIL; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, URINARY; ANTIBIOTICS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HUMAN; TIME FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0023836948     PISSN: 0002922X     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1988.02150010067024     Document Type: Article

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